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With his charges in the defensive back group moving on to another session of the Ravens' first practice Thursday, defensive backs coach Chris Hewitt ran in the opposite direction to settle a score. Kamar Aiken had just corralled a pass on the sideline with second-year cornerback Rashaan Melvin in tight coverage, a catch Hewitt believed Aiken only made because he pushed off. Hewitt went out of his way to tell the referee as much, fighting for his player after the rest of the team had moved on. A former NFL defensive back, Hewitt knows what his players face every day. It's that experience, and his balance of intensity and empathy, that leads Ravens players and coaches to...

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My season-long strategy of picking up the D playing against the Chiefs somehow backfired at the worst time last week, as the Panthers put up a stinker against a terrible offense that was presumably reeling from grief over the whole suicide thing (for lack of a better term). Browns have caused some...

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The NBA held an exhibition at Ellis Park Arena in Johannesburg, South Africa, a game filled with star power that perhaps was a step toward the league holding a regular season game in an African nation. Chris Paul, Pau Gasol, Luol Deng and others played,...

As one of seven players available in the NFL supplemental draft Thursday, it doesn't take long to find out the mindset of former UConn tight end Sean McQuillan. He doesn't entertain thoughts of not being drafted.
"Well, first of all, I'm going to...

Everyone wants a piece of the Stanley Cup, the unique trophy that travels among players on the winning NHL team. Now Glastonbury can lay claim to a name etched on the Cup. Kevin Dineen, the Blackhawks' assistant coach and former Whaler, played one...

HARTFORD — The burly, grizzly-bearded man in the Atlanta Falcons' shorts stood off on the sideline waiting for a chance to address more than 800 campers at Bulkeley High School.Eric Mangini was hosting his 14th annual CFM Football Fundamentals Mini-Camp...

Challenges always have driven John Dorsey.
The UConn alum who was part of the Green Bay staff that built the Packers into a consistent NFL powerhouse, helping bring in the likes of Aaron Rogers, A.J. Hawk, Clay Matthews and Greg Jennings, is now...

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick again traded down to get an extra pick Saturday, and the Pats bolstered their offensive and defensive lines by picking linemen with five of their first six picks.New England, which had eight...

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — New England Patriots Coach Bill Belichick again traded down to get an extra pick Saturday, and the Pats bolstered their offensive and defensive lines by picking linemen with five of their first six picks.
New England, which had...

Of everyone who covers the NFL, it's the beat writers — those who follow a particular franchise on a daily basis — who know their respective teams best. With that in mind, here's one way the first round of Thursday's draft could unfold, with beat...

Let the championship chase begin.New Orleans and Brooklyn are in. Indiana and Oklahoma City are out. And while San Antonio slipped to sixth in the loaded Western Conference, the defending champions are looking awfully dangerous.Forget the 82-game grind of...

NEW YORK — The NFL has its first full-time female game official.
Sarah Thomas, who has worked exhibition games, will be a line judge for the 2015 season, the league announced Wednesday. The 41-year-old Thomas was in the league's officiating development...

ATLANTA — In the midst of two losing seasons, the Atlanta Falcons tried to pump up the noise.It's going to cost them.The NFL announced yesterday that it had fined the team $350,000, stripped them of a draft pick and suspended team president Rich McKay...

According to his agents, cornerback Darrelle Revis has agreed to return to the Jets, just a little more than a month after helping the Patriots win the Super Bowl.Revis played for the Jets from 2007-12, making three All-Pro teams. His final season in...

Frank Verducci, who has 31 years of coaching experience between college and the pros, will become the offensive coordinator at UConn.He also will coach the Huskies' running backs as part of a shakeup on offense.Verducci, the tight ends and offensive...

Frank Verducci and his 31 years of coaching experience are set to become the new offensive coordinator at UConn.
He’ll coach the Huskies running backs as part of a complete shakeup on the offensive side which we’ll get to momentarily.
Verducci, the...

CLEVELAND — Johnny Manziel has sought help to change his off-field lifestyle.Following a rough rookie season in the NFL, Manziel has entered a treatment program for unspecified reasons, an adviser for the Browns quarterback said in a statement released by...

PHOENIX — Sitting side by side with the Vince Lombardi Trophy between them, Pete Carroll and Bill Belichick were a contrast in style.Carroll was witty, expansive and enthusiastic during a joint news conference Friday morning. Belichick was monotone and...

Eight nights before he coached in his sixth Super Bowl, Bill Belichick was a punchline. Embroiled in an NFL investigation into allegations that his team used underinflated footballs in an AFC Championship Game victory, Belichick has become fodder for...

PHOENIX -- At 32, Josh McDaniels was a rising star in the NFL coaching world.
McDaniels parlayed a run as Patriots' offensive coordinator to the head coaching job in Denver, where he won his first six games. But he lost 17 of his next 23 and was fired...

Essentially every state high school sporting event Monday and Tuesday was wiped out by the storm. UConn hockey vs. Merrimack has been postponed, too, moved from Tuesday to Feb. 10 at the XL Center. The Monday night home games for the Knicks and Nets...